Example sentences of "[adv prt] within [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The environmental pressure group Greenpeace decided to highlight a particular nuclear power station as part of its ambitious post-Chernobyl campaign to have all nuclear installations shut down within four years . |
| 2 | Walkinshaw happened to mention that his motor group TWR Ltd were working on a deal with a retail garage business to form a company which would be floated off within five years . |
| 3 | Town — owned by Michael Heseltine — was a monthly , oriented inefficiently to the male equivalent of the readers of Queen , and stumbling blindly towards the market to be opened up within two years by Tony Elliott 's Time Out . |
| 4 | Coleman published little in his long life — all his works came out within nine years of his appointment as Professor . |
| 5 | At the current slaughtering rate , the UK egg industry will be wiped out within 10 years . |
| 6 | The grasses for long leys should have very little Italian ( annual ) rye-grass , as this is liable to die out within two years leaving gaps where indigenous grasses such as poa annua will take over . |
| 7 | Debts on both the bridge and tunnels at Dartford are expected to be wiped out within 17 years when the structure will be transferred to the government , and the contractors will have recovered the costs and made a profit . |
| 8 | Mr Patten remains convinced that most secondary schools will opt out within four years but is worried by the success of local campaigns against the switch . |
| 9 | Import quota restrictions on textiles would be phased out within six years , provided that this set no precedent for wider negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
| 10 | Estimates suggest that there may be enough coal left to last a few more hundred years , enough oil to last perhaps 70 or so years and natural gas could run out within 50 years . |
| 11 | It adds that , at current rates , the forests ' will be effectively logged out within 40 years . |
| 12 | A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art . |
| 13 | That way , a business man making an investment would know that he would get his money back within four years . |
| 14 | Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said the two acquisitions were in line with its investment philosophy that any acquisition should pay back within four years and should improve cashflow and earnings per share . |
| 15 | JACK CROMBIE Right line : Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , who says recent acquisitions are in line with the investment philosophy that any acquisition should pay back within four years |